Travel Blogs from Marblehead

... stone, and it is now encased in a neoclassical shrine. The traffic was almost no problem at all as we approached this outer Boston area, but there were some pretty solid backups leaving town. The weather is now sunny, but still a bit chilly, especially when the wind blows, as it does on this coast.

May 23. Day 47. Foxboro, MA Drove to the DeCordova Sculpture garden in Lincoln, MA for the morning. It was a lovely place, maybe 20 acres, with ...

... landmarks, including Doyle’s, which has featured in a number of TV series and films. The party trolley is equipped with sound system and disco lighting. He offered to take us directly to Fenway Park for $5 or to take us on a drinking tour of the city for $20, after he did a final brewery shuttle run. We had a beer in Doyle’s and mulled it over. The brewery has a deal with the bar, buy a Sam Adams beer from their extensive range (they ...

... you who didn't know - you can blame my brother for that one. It's just kind of stuck. I like it really) which made me feel much better.

I made friends with a lovely Aussie girl in my room, Shar, and the next evening we went for an evening stroll in the old part of town to see it lit up in the dark. The leaflet we read promised a 'spectacular sight'. I'm not sure I would go quite that far but it was certainly very pretty. She told me all about her travels ...

... pretty cool -nice food, and nice beer! I don't even drink beer, but I gave the raspberry wheat beer a go and ended up having three pints. Oops ;) It's a good job Brendan wasn't here; he was taking the mick out of me yesterday when I had two cocktails at dinner after having drank only one other time :P It's gonna be weird tomorrow when there's no-one organising us, or a bunch of other people to hang around ...

... to freshen up before heading out again. It was much cooler when we went out later for dinner and the wind had got up a bit. After dinner we headed back to The Esplanade for the concert and fireworks. The queue was immense. Security has been stepped up at public events after the Boston Marathon bombing and every person entering the area was subjected to a bag search and waved over by a detector wand. You were then issued with a numbered wrist band. Once in, the area ...